TROTTER, James Fisher, a Senator from Mississippi; born in Brunswick County, Va., November 5, 1802;
moved to eastern Tennessee; attended private schools; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1820 and
commenced practice in Hamilton, Monroe County, Miss., in 1823; member, State house of
representatives 1827-1829; member, State senate 1829-1833; judge of the circuit court of
Mississippi in 1833; appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of John Black and served from January 22 to July 10, 1838, when he resigned; judge of
the supreme court of Mississippi 1839-1842, when he resigned; moved to Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., and resumed the practice of law in 1840; vice chancellor of the northern district of
Mississippi 1855-1857; professor of law at the University of Mississippi 1860-1862; appointed
circuit judge in 1866 and served until his death in Holly Springs, Miss., March 9, 1866; interment in
Hill Crest Cemetery.